And yet it works.
Heck, it could be applied to federal agencies — call the head of each one in for an interview and if they can't give you a one-paragraph justification of their agency derived from the Constitution, shut the agency down. It works with government programs as well, like, say, ethanol subsidies.
In short, I fail to see how simple
is a bad thing in this case.
Simple is a NECESSARY thing in this case. We have strayed from Constitutional government, and amassed an enormous debt, and have nothing but misery to show for it.